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About Chikni Village

Chikni is a mid sized village in Dagarua tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,235, made up of 616 males and 619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36 hectares hectares.

Chikni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikni village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Dagarua
Area (hectares) 36 hectares
Population 1,235
Male Population 616
Female Population 619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Chikni compares

By the 2011 count Chikni is the 57th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents. Its 36 hectares work out to about 34 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Chikni

The census records public bus service for Chikni as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Chakdeh, Chakua, Chand Bhathi and Chanpi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Chikni

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikni village had a population of 1,235. That makes it the 57th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents.

Chikni village has 616 males and 619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikni has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Chikni covers 36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 34 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chikni falls under Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The census record for Chikni notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chikni.

Chikni is in Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chikni today is likely to be higher.

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